Artists’ Artwork

Artists’ Artwork

The National Centre for Australian Children’s Literature has a large collection of original artists artwork.  This includes original work from published titles and developmental material which reveals the creative process.  Holdings include sketches, dummies, storyboards, proofs, alternative designs, manuscripts, correspondence, and other items.

Holdings of the National Centre have been described by volunteer Max Brown.

This is so important! Thank you on behalf of all illustrators.  Wayne Harris, Illustrator.
Showcasing treasures: the Lu Rees Archives of Australian children’s literature by Patricia Milne and Belle Alderman. 2014 page 39.

See also:

Artists’ Artwork A – L
Artists’ Artwork M – Z

 

Posted by: NCACL | Published: 14 Nov 2025

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Wayne Harris is an award-winning illustrator and designer. He won the APA Best Designed Picture Book of the Year Award for A Bit of Company by Margaret Wild and for Gordon’s Got a Snookie by Lisa Shanahan. He was short-listed in the 1995 NSW Premier’s Award for writing Judy and the Volcano, the same year Going Home was named an American Library Association Notable Children’s Book. He teaches design and illustration. He has most recently illustrated Bird to Bird, written by Claire Saxby, due to be published in March 2018 by Walker Books.
From Walker Books Australia.